| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 09/2012 |
P-12 | Omnibus School Safety Act
S.B. 233
Requires the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) to work with schools, districts and first responders to develop a comprehensi...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
pre-K-12 | Reporting School Crimes
H.B. 243
Simplifies the mandatory report requirements for schools, ensuring that the most serious offenses are reported to law enforcement while givi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
pre-K-12 | Court Costs for the Denial of Services for Students with Special Needs
H.B. 365
Allows parents and guardians who successfully challenge the denial of services to their children with special needs to recover the costs of ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2012 |
P-12 | Identification of Students needing Special Education Services
S.B. 207
Clarifies state law provisions regarding the IDEA provision giving school districts the duty to locate, identify, and evaluate all children ...
| More... |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 | Teen Dating Violence
S.B. 206
Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a policy on responding to Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault, including guid...
| More... |
Data-Driven Improvement |
Adopted 07/2012 |
P-12 | Data Governance
14 DE ADC 294
Outlines the criteria and process for interagency data governance and the conduction of evaluation, audits and studies pursuant to 14 Del.C....
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
pre-K-12 | Bullying Reporting
H.B. 268
Requires that all reported incidents of bullying are reported to the Department of Education by a school district or charter school regardle...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
pre-K-12 | Cyberbullying Policy
S.B. 193
Provides for the development of a statewide, fact-based cyberbullying policy to be adopted by local school districts and charter schools. Pr...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Privacy Act
H.B. 309
Makes it unlawful for a public or nonpublic academic institution to mandate that a student or applicant disclose password or account informa...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
H.B. 317
Provides that the Department of Education establish a statewide readiness tool that will review a child's readiness for learning when they e...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Teach For America Efficacy Report
H.B. 248
Requires the Department of Education to provide a report to the General Assembly 3 months prior to the sunset date of the enabling legislati...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Parent Representative on P-20 Council
S.B. 172
Adds a parent representative, the President of the Delaware Parent Teacher Association, to the P-20 Council.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/l...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Professional Development Standards
14 DE ADC 1598
Amends Delaware's professional development standards to include prerequisites for professional learning, and define learning communities, le...
| More... |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Driver Certification for Students With IEPs
H.B. 264
Allows students with individualized education plans until the age of 21 to complete their driver education certification.
http://legis.delaw...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Removes Sunset on Education Unit Count Law
S.B. 164
Removes the Sunset Provision from last year's public education unit count law so it does not sunset on April 1, 2012.
http://www.legis.delaw...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Removes Sunset Provision for TFA
H.B. 239
Repeals the sunset provision included in House Bill No. 102, which authorized the Teach for America (TFA) program as an alternative route to...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
Issued 09/2011 |
P-12 | Establishes School Libraries Council
Executive Order 30
Establishes a School Libraries Council for the purpose of improving and extending school library services to all Delaware public and charter...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Code
H.B. 205
Requires criminal background and child abuse registry checks for charter school board members; prohibits individuals who have felony convict...
| More... |
School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 | Uniform Requirements
H.B. 42
Requires the Department of Education to promulgate uniform regulations related to school discipline to provide consistency across all distri...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 | Management of Concussions
S.B. 111
Requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) to adopt regulations regarding the appropriate recognition and management ...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Data Collection and Usage by the Department of Education
H.B. 213
Provides that the Department of Education may conduct audits and evaluations, including studies for improving instruction and complying with...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Child Care Provider Advisory Board
S.B. 132
Establishes a Provider Advisory Board which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Office of Child Care Licensing with regard to adoptin...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Eligibility for Supportive Instruction
S.B. 112
Empowers the Department of Education to adopt rules and regulations regarding eligibility for supportive instruction and which also provide ...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Comprehensive Assessment Definitions
S.B. 78
Amends Delaware Code to reflect changes from the Delaware Student Testing program (DSTP) to the new state assessment system, including langu...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Contract Nonrenewal Procedures for Department of Education Employees
H.B. 90
Amends the contract nonrenewal procedures and hearing procedures for Department of Education employees. Imposes a time limitation on employe...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Board of Education Meetings Digitally Recorded
H.B. 26
Requires that all public meetings of the State Board of Education be digitally recorded and made available to the public on the Department o...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | School Lunch Trans Fat Regulation
H.B. 3
Prohibits public schools, including charter schools, and school districts from making available or serving food with more than 0.5 gram of a...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Use of Academic Excellence Units to Fund Athletic Trainers
S.B. 69
Allows the use of academic excellence units for funding for licensed athletic trainers in schools that are members of the Delaware Interscho...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Senate's Teacher Hiring Task Force
S.B. 16
Implements the recommendations of the Senate's Teacher Hiring Task Force. Creates an estimated unit count each March, which the Department o...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 02/2011 |
P-12 | Needs-Based Funding
H.B. 1
Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or plac...
| More... |
Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
Issued 01/2011 |
P-12 | Delaware Mentoring Council
Executive Order 24
Reconstitutes the Delaware Mentoring Council created under former Governor Mike Castle. Establishes the council as the statewide organizatio...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 11/2010 |
P-12 | Foreign Language Credits for High School Graduation
14 DE Admin. Code 505
Defines "world languages" to include American Sign Language and ancient Greek. Permits a student to complete the 2-credit world language req...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 10/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Inspire Scholarship Program
H.B. 399
Creates the Inspire Scholarship Program, available to students with excellent credentials and economic need to attend Delaware State Univers...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 09/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dissolving Higher Education Commission
H.B. 482
Dissolves the Higher Education Commission as a unit of the state Department of Education and vests the commission's functions with the Delaw...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 09/2010 |
P-12 | Unique Hazard Bus Routes
S.B. 310
Shifts cost of "unique hazard" bus routes to local school districts and creates a committee to recommend further cost reductions and savings...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 09/2010 |
P-12 | Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child's Bill or Rights
H.B. 283
This bill creates certain rights for children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the Delaware School System.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/l...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
P-12 | School Discipline Task Force
H.B. 347
Under current Delaware law, school officials have a mandatory obligation to report to the police and, in certain instances, initiate crimina...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. | SEED Scholarship
S.B. 41
Allows children who are leaving foster care to have access to the SEED scholarship, without the condition that they begin their higher educa...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | College Investment Account
H.B. 335
Directs the Secretary of Finance to develop the means by which individuals can deposit their State income tax return directly into a Delawar...
| More... |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | American Sign Language as World Language
H.B. 245
Recognizes American Sign Language as a World Language for purposes of school curriculum.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislat...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | School District Elections
H.B. 244
Amends the notice requirements for school districts conducting elections; provides a deadline for a district to return voter affidavits if g...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Training on Due Process
H.B. 386
Requires school board members to receive training concerning special education due process hearings.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.ns...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Alignment with Hed Start
H.B. 470
Modifies the responsibilities of the state's Mangement Resource Committee and Early Childhood Council to align the operations of those entit...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Free and Appropriate Education
H.B. 328
Requires courts, administrative tribunals, school districts and schools to use the definition of "free and appropriate education" with respe...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Alignment with Federal IDEA
H.B. 396
Aligns state law with the federal requirements of the reauthorized Individuals With Disabilities Education Act relating to the content of pr...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Due Process
H.B. 387
This bill provides for certain notice provisions concerning due process hearings involving children with disabilities relating to education ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 | Demonstrating Student Growth
S.B. 263
Requires that a teacher show 2 years of satisfactory student growth within a 3 year period before the teacher may receive the highest level ...
| More... |
STEM |
Issued 01/2010 |
P-12 | STEM Council
Exec. Order #15
Creates the Delaware STEM Education Council to (a) strengthen cross-disciplinary dialogue between teachers and stakeholders in STEM subjects...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | National Guard Educational Benefits Program
H.B. 73
Makes several changes to the Delaware National Guard Educational Benefits program; requires State- supported institutions to charge members ...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | License Denial and Revocation Standards
S.B. 149
Creates license denial and revocation standards for nonpublic school teachers, specialists and administrators, and for public education empl...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Eliminating the DSTP
S.B. 68
Eliminates the DSTP; requires its replacement beginning in the 2010-2011 school year with a test administered in English language arts and m...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Pilot Academic Achievement Awards program
S.B. 151
Creates a pilot Academic Achievement Awards program, which would use federal stimulus funds to make financial awards to schools that signifi...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Local Control of State Education Funds
H.B. 119
Takes several steps targeted at allowing local schools and districts to make better decisions at the local level to educate students. Its pr...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Amending Zero Tolerance Policies
H.B. 120
Amends the zero tolerance provision in the Delaware Code to give discretion to school boards to modify the terms of expulsions when a school...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Teach For America
H.B. 102
Enables the implementation of the Teach For America program and teacher residency programs on a state- wide basis by modifying the entry req...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Placement in Alternative Education
H.B. 326
Establishes a presumption that students 16 years of age and younger who are expelled or suspended pending expulsion by a local school distri...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Adopted 07/2008 |
P-12 | Criminal Background Checks for Student Teaching
14 DAC 746
Proposes rule requiring student teachers to have criminal background checks prior to placement in a school setting.
http://regulations.delaw...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Adopted 07/2008 |
P-12 | Criminal Background Checks
14 DAC 745
Proposes rule addressing criminal background check for public school related employment.
http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title14/7...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Weapons in School Zone
H.B. 277
Relates to possession of a weapon in a safe school and recreation zone; clarifies that the affirmative defense only applies to weapons which...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Eligibility for Free or Reduced Health Insurance
H.B. 286
Requires local school districts, vocational or technical school districts, and the Department of Health and Social Services to take advantag...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Compact on Education for Children of Military Families
H.B. 297
Provides an interstate compact to ensure standards for educational records for children of military families.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Charter School Moratorium
S.J.R. 11
Would impose a one-year moratorium on new charter school applications during the 2008-09 school year. During this time period, applications ...
| More... |
Class Size |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Compliance with Class-Size Ratios
H.B. 393
Codifies the recommendation of the Class Size and Unit Allocation Task Force that the Department of Education annually collect and report da...
| More... |
Finance |
To Governor 06/2008 |
P-12 | Ad Valorem Taxation
H.J.R. 22
Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Education and the Controller General...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors
H.B. 416
Enables the Governor to assure terms of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Board of Directors are staggered by appoint...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Delaware Stars for Early Success
S.B. 222
Directs the Department of Education to develop and give oversight to Delaware Stars for Early Success a quality rating and improvement syste...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Educator Licenses
H.B. 259
Relates to the authority of the Department of Education regarding educator licensure; requires notice to be given to an applicant explaining...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | State Board Oversight of School Buses
H.B. 231
Removes State Board of Education oversight over the design and operation of school buses.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegisla...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12,
Community College | State Budget In Response to State's Financial Situation
H.J.R. 14
Directs the General Assembly and the Governor to comprehensively address the current the state's financial situation. Provides for the use o...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Same Sex Charter Schools
H.B. 285
Allows a charter school to restrict student admissions by gender in the case of a same-gender school; provides that within a reasonable amou...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining Dispute Negotiations
H.B. 283
Adds a new provision to the Public School Employment Relations Act. Provides a procedure for more effective dispute resolution procedures fo...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Standardized Financial Reporting
14 DAC 735
Requires all school districts and charter schools to post the summary of their financial documentation on their respective website.
http://...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Parent Members fo Professional Standards Board
S.B. 123
Revises the designated nominating organization for the parent members of the Professional Standards Board from the Congress of Parents and T...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Education Savings Plan
H.B. 184
Implement provisions of federal law that allow a trust to be an account owner of a § 529 Plan, an education savings plan for future college ...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Statewide Reform Taskforce - Vision 2015
S.J.R. 7
Supports the work of Vision 2015, the Delaware Business Roundtable and the Leadership for Education Achievement in Delaware committee (LEAD)...
| More... |
Urban |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Status of Public Education in a Major City
S.J.R. 3
This resolution establishes a Wilmington Education Task Force to examine the current status of public education in the City of Wilmington in...
| More... |
Assessment |
Passed 06/2007 |
P-12 | Task Force
H.C.R. 32
This Resolution requires a transition to a statewide student assessment system that is economical, focused, requires less testing time, meas...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Board Elections
S.B. 44
Clarifies that vacancies on the School Boards shall be filled in accordance with the procedures for filling a vacancy; provides that the las...
| More... |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Early Care and Education Council
H.B. 126
Extends the repeal of the Early Care and Education Council; provides for annual reports to the Interagency Resource Management Committee reg...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Bus Drivers' Requirements
H.B. 41
Recognizes that school bus drivers have to have an annual physical and for an intrastate CDL.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis144.nsf/vw...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Issued 06/2007 |
P-12 | Leadership for Education Achievement in Delaware Committee
E.O. 98
Establishes the Leadership for Education Achievement in Delaware Committee to make recommendations to the governor, general assembly, state ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Enhanced Truancy Court Activities
S.B. 26
Provides for enhanced Truancy Court activities in the Justice of the Peace Court. Eliminates the need to transfer a case of contempt by a ju...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | School District and Charter School Budget Reports
H.B. 21
Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budge...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
H.B. 18
Extends the current requirements for receiving either a State of Delaware Distinguished diploma or traditional State of Delaware diploma for...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Bullying Prevention Act
H.B. 7
Creates the School Bullying Prevention Act. The goals of this Act is to provide a safer learning environment for students attending public s...
| More... |
Health |
Adopted 12/2006 |
P-12 | Student Physical Fitness Assessment
Title 14 Sec 503
Requires each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of all students at least once in elementary, in middle...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Criminal Background Checks for School Employees
14 IAC 745
Clarifies rules regarding criminal background check for public school related employment; includes charter schools; requires a criminal back...
| More... |
P-3 |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Special Education Teachers
14 DAC 1570
Clarifies rules regarding Standard Certificate Early Childhood Teacher Special Education. Requires a test of knowledge in addition to academ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 | High School Bilingual Teacher Certification
14 DAC 1537
Clarifies rules regarding the Standard Certificate Bilingual Teacher (Spanish) Secondary. Requires a test of knowledge in addition to academ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | Statewide Uniform Curriculum
14 DAC 502
Establishes rules regarding the development of a recommended statewide uniform curricula for all public schools in the state.
The purpose o...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
DE 14 DAC 505
Effective with the Class of 2011, increases the number of units of math for high school graduation from 3 to 4, and specifies that those uni...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
Issued 08/2006 |
P-12 | Creating the Governor's Consortium on Hispanic Affairs
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 89
Creates the Governor's Consortium on Hispanic Affairs. Requires the membership to represent business, government, financial, educational and...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | School District Fiscal Accountability
S.B. 374
Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | Accountability and AYP for Schools and Districts
14 DAC 103
Enables school districts to choose to either track students back to the school of residence or to make the school that is providing the inst...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Transfer of Teacher Criminal Records
H.B. 509
Ensures that teachers who are convicted of crimes will have the conviction data transmitted to the employing school district....
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Learner's Permit Requirements
H.B. 256
Relates to a Level 1 Learner's Permit; relates to successful completion of a course in driver education in a public or private high school i...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Student Physical Fitness Assessments
H.B. 372
Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Physical Education Pilot Program
H.B. 471
Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | NCLB Assessments
S.B. 320
Makes a change to the student testing program to be in compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act; includes the provision that the...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Health Advisory Council for physical education
S.B. 289
Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and g...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | School Crossing Zones
H.B. 486
Relates to school crossing zones; clarifies that the special 20 mph speed limit for schools applies throughout the area marked by 20 mph reg...
| More... |
STEM |
Issued 06/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Delaware Science and Technology Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER NOS. 88 and 93
Executive Order No. 88 establishes the Delaware Science and Technology Council to:
(a) Improve the competitive position of Delaware so tha...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Financial Accountability for Districts and Charters
S.B. 308
Implements enhanced financial accountability provisions for public school districts and charter schools; relates to district and charter sch...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Full-day Kindergarten
S.B. 251
Requires school districts by the start of the 2008- 2009 school year, to offer any kindergarten-eligible child the option of attending full-...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 02/2006 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety
H.B. 338
Relates to school buses equipped with a flashing white light; requires that the light be used at all times when the bus is in operation....
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 01/2006 |
P-12 | School "Energy Fund" Appropriations
S.B. 242
The legislature appropriated $5,000,000 to the Department of Education for an "Energy Fund". These funds will help reorganized school distri...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Requirements for Career Technical Education Programs
14 DAC 525
All school districts and charter schools that offer state approved career technical education programs must: a) have the approval of the Dep...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Teacher Alternative Certification Requirements and Program
14 DAC 1519
This rule spells out requirements for candidates seeking participation in the Alternative Routes to Teacher Licensure and Certification Prog...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Teacher Alternative Certification - Rule Clarification
14 DAC 1519
Clarifies rules regarding the organization and operation of the alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program, which pr...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 09/2005 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Program
S.B. 30
Creates the Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Program, to encourage Delaware students to stay in school, avoid contact with t...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Adopted 09/2005 |
P-12 | Teacher Appraisal Process Performance Appraisal System
14 DAC 106
Clarifies rules regarding the criteria for a satisfactory rating under Student Improvement. DELAWARE REG 1774 (SN)...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Rule Adoption 08/2005 |
P-12 | Educational Programs for Students with Limited English
14 DAC 920
Amends regulations relating to educational programs for students with limited English proficiency to align with the federal statute No Child...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Rule Adoption 08/2005 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
14 DAC 275
Amends regulations to clarify what matters are to be considered minor modifications, major modifications, modifications that are considered ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Rule Adoption 08/2005 |
P-12 | Credit for Experience for Educators and Secretary Staff
14 DAC 727
Amends regulations concerning credit for experience for educators and for secretarial staff. Clarifies who is an eligible employee by adding...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Best Practices of Other State Assessment Programs
H.J.R. 4
This Resolution creates a Task Force to examine best practice models of other state assessment programs for the purpose of providing recomme...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Parent Responsibility for Truant Children
H.B. 109
Amends 2728 and 2729 of Title 14 to clarify that when both parents are listed on a student's school records and both parents are Delaware re...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Minor Modifications to Charters
H.B. 156
This Act is based on a recommendation by the Charter School Standards and Licensing Task Force created by House Resolution No. 78 of the 142...
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Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. | Annual Approval Required
H.B. 233
This Act requires a private business or trade school or their agent to have its certificate of approval renewed annually based upon the orig...
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Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Foster Children Fit Under Homeless Act
H.B. 279
This Bill confirms the practices and procedures of the Department of Education and the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their ...
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Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Retired Educators as Mentors
S.B. 163
Adds a new section that reads: "(r) For purposes of the State educator mentoring program, a retired educator engaged in mentoring activitie...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education
H.B. 71
Establishes the Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education (DACCTE) to advise the Governor, General Assembly, Secretary of ...
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Curriculum |
SIGNED 06/2005 |
P-12 | Uniform, Statewide Curricula
H.B. 47
In order to support state-wide academic standards and to ensure that students in Delaware public school do not suffer in the event they shou...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | P-20 Council
H.B. 175
This Bill puts into Code the P-20 Council established by Governor Minner's Executive Order 47 (adds new section, new § 107). The P-20 Counci...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 06/2005 |
P-12 | Denial of Licenses
14 DAC 1513
Amends regulation relating to Denial of Licenses by adding 'Certificates' to the title and to the content of the regulation. Clarifies that ...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
H.B. 3
Eliminates multi-tiered diplomas in Delaware, establishing instead the "State of Delaware High School Diploma" to each student graduating fr...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements and Exit Exams
S.B. 72
Provides that high school diplomas issued in 2005 will be the same as were awarded in 2004. States that in 2006, the department must award ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Anti-Terrorism School Safety Emergency Procedures
S.J.R. 1
Requires the Department of Education and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to revise and update the state's school safety emerg...
| More... |
Special Education |
Rule Adoption 05/2005 |
P-12 | Instructional Program Requirements
14 DAC 503
Amends regulation concerning Instructional Program Requirements by removing the Functional Life Skills Curriculum to conform to Federal Regu...
| More... |
Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
Issued 05/2005 |
P-12 | The Governor's Mentoring Initiative
Executive Order #75
Establishes Governor's Mentoring Initiative to encourage state employees to volunteer as mentors to school-aged youth in their communities, ...
| More... |
P-3 |
Rule Adoption 04/2005 |
P-12 | Standard Certificate Early Care And Education Teacher
14 DAC 1555
Amends regulations relating to standard certificate early care and education (ages 0-K) teacher. Changes concern the requirements for certif...
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P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Adopted 04/2005 |
P-12 | Early Admission to Kindergarten for Gifted Students
14 DAC 940
Establishes regulation relating to early admission to kindergarten for gifted students in order to clarify what a school must do if they cho...
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Teaching Quality |
SIGNED 04/2005 |
P-12 | Communications Regarding Teacher Termination
H.B. 22
Requires that formal communications between a teacher and a school board relating to the termination of the teacher's services be sent via c...
| More... |
Leadership |
Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 | Certification - Supervisor of Special Education
14 DAC 309
Repeals regulation relating to the Certification for an Administrative Supervisor of Special Education, which is necessary as it is being in...
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Leadership |
Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 | Certification - Director of Special Education
14 DAC 307 and 1523, 1.0 - 3.0
Amends regulation applying to the certification of educators as Directors of Special Education. Aligns regulation with statutory changes and...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Professional Employee Work Stoppage or Strike
14 DAC 714
Amends regulation relating to professional employee work stoppage or strike by adding charter schools to the regulation....
| More... |
Curriculum--Science |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Standard Certificate Science Teacher
14 DAC 1540, 1.0 - 4.0
Amends regulation relating to the Certification for a Science Teacher to clarify some of the requirements for a standard certificate and to ...
| More... |
Middle School |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Standard Certificate Science Teacher Middle Level
14 DAC 1542
Amends regulation relating to the certification of a science teacher of middle level by removing the requirements for earth science and phys...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Non-Public School Educator Licensure and Certification
14 DAC 278
Establishes regulation regarding non-public school educator licensure and certification to provide a system for non public school educators ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Knowledge, Skills and Responsibility Supplements
14 DAC 1501, 1.0 - 12.0
Amends regulation relating to knowledge, skills and responsibility based supplements for educators. Clarifies the effective date of salary s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Permits - Paraeducators
14 DAC 1584
Amends regulation relating to Paraeducator Permits by changing the date when Title I paraeducators employed prior to January 8, 2002 must me...
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Health |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 | K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Program
14 DAC, 851
Reauthorizes the K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Program. Establishes rule making each school district have a sequential, skill-based K-...
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School Safety |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 | Treatment of Severe Discipline Problems
14 DAC 609, 610, 611
Repeals section dealing with the treatment of severe discipline problems component and replaces it with two separate regulation; District an...
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Teaching Quality |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 | Procedures Manual - Licensing
8 DEC, 911 Procedures Manual, Appendixes A and B
Amends the State Board of Education Procedures Manual by including licensing of substitute teachers and National Board teachers and removing...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Rule Adoption 11/2004 |
P-12 | Compensation of District Personnel Under Proposals
14 DAC, 742
Amends regulations relating to compensating of district personnel under specific project proposals by adding a reference to charter schools ...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Rule Adoption 11/2004 |
P-12 | Standard Certificate Reading Specialist
14 DAC 1554
Amends regulation relating to the Standard Certificate Reading Specialist, to clarify as to which educators this regulation applies to. ...
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Private Schools |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 | School Transportation
14 DAC, Section 1105, 1.0 - 22.7
Amends regulation by adding a new section that includes the responsibilities of non-public, non- profit schools for the administration of th...
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Standards |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 | State Content Standards
14 DAC 501
Amends regulation regarding the State Content Standards by removing the reference to the Standards for Functional Life Skills Curriculum bec...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 | Certification School Psychologist
14 DAC 1577
Amends regulation relating to the Certification of School Psychologists to align them with current statute and regulations concerning licens...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 | Certification of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher
14 DAC, 331, 1566, 1.0 - 3.3.12
Amends regulations relating to the requirements for a standard certificate for educational personnel. Changes are made to conform to changes...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 | Teacher, Specialist and Administrator Appraisal Process (DPASII)
14 DAC Sections 106, 107, and 108
Amends regulations by replacing the Teacher Appraisal Process Delaware Performance Appraisal System, the Specialist Appraisal System, and th...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 | Military Leave of Absence
SS2 for S.B. 296
Protects state employees and school district employees who take military leave pursuant to federal mobilizations, by ensuring that the state...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 330
Extends the initial term of a charter school to 4 school years; provides a uniform date upon which an approved charter expires; establishes ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 275
Current law requires that the State Auditor perform two audits of each charter school's enrollment each spring. This legislation discontinue...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Neighborhood Schools Act of 2000
H.B. 187
Providing parents with a choice among available public schools is an important component to both State and national educational reforms. Thi...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Elections
H.B. 38
Relates to school elections; sets school elections for the second Tuesday in May from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and suggests that day could be...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | State High School Diploma Issuance
H.J.R. 34
Authorizes and directs the Department of Education to conduct alignment studies on additional academic indicators to be used for diploma gra...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Education Benefits
H.B. 538
Provides education benefits to the children of certain Department of Transportation employees who are killed in the line of duty or who die ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Legal Holidays
S.B. 186
Clarifies that Veteran's Day is intended to be a legal holiday for students and employees of public schools. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LI...
| More... |
School Safety |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | Safe Management and Disposal of Chemicals
14 DAC 885
Amends the Safe Management and Disposal of Surplus Chemicals in the Delaware Public School System by adding a statement that no mercury or m...
| More... |
School Safety |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Crisis Response Plans
14 DAC 620
Amends the School Crisis Response Plan by requiring a meeting following practice drills to assess the readiness and effectiveness of the pla...
| More... |
School Safety |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | School Safety Audit
14 DAC 618
Amends rule by requiring that a corrective plan of action be developed within sixty days of conducting the School Safety Audit and that the ...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Cell Phone Use by School Bus Drivers
S.B. 174
Prohibits school bus drivers from talking on cell phones while operating school buses while the vehicle is in motion and transporting one or...
| More... |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Homeless Children and Unaccompanied Youth
S.B. 271
Clarifies that homeless children and unaccompanied youth shall attend school in accordance with The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assist...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Student Grades and Teacher Evaluations
H.B. 126
Relates to student grades and teacher evaluations; provides that no one except the teacher who assigns a grade to a student may change the g...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | Educator Mentoring
14 DAC 1502
Establishes regulations concerning the duties and responsibilities of educator lead mentors, mentors, and new educators. All educators servi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Donated Leave Program
S.B. 269
Clarifies the qualification requirements for school district donated sick leave programs; allows employees to receive donated leave for thes...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | School Bus Drivers: Communication Devices
H.B. 379
Clarifies that school bus drivers can use a radio or telephonic communication device to make or receive calls for assistance. http://www.leg...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Student Records
H.B. 391
Classifies student records required to be retained by private business and trade schools as short-term; alleviates additional costs the Depa...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Foreign Language and Bilingual Teacher Regulations
14 DAC 1528, 1529, 1533, 1537, and 1558
Amends regulations that apply to the requirements for Standard Certificates for Foreign Language and Bilingual Teachers. These amendments re...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Rule Adoption 06/2004 |
P-12 | Professional Standards Board: Knowledge, Skills And Responsibility Based Supplements
14 DAC 1501
Amends regulation by adding requirements for reauthorization, replication, and re-qualification of clusters and sets forth procedures for pa...
| More... |
Accountability |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Accountability for Schools, Districts and the State
14 DAC 103
Amends regulation to reflect the changes made to Delaware's plan under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Changes include: defini...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | High School Diploma Issuance
S.B. 285
Requires the Department of Education to award diplomas based on current rules and regulations for students who graduate in 2004; allows the ...
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Leadership |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Administrative Certification
14 DAC 1530 -- 1532
Amends regulations relating to Certification Administrative - Principal/Assistant Principal, School Leader I, and School Leader II. Renames ...
| More... |
Middle School |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Standard Certificate Middle Level Teacher
14 DAC 1557
Amends regulation relating to the requirements for a standard certificate for a middle level teacher. Changes grade span from 5-8 to 6-8. Al...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Early Care and Professionals Appreciation Day
H.J.R. 27
Proclaims May 11, 2004, as Early Child Care and Education Professionals Appreciation Day; as Early childhood educators and child care profes...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Certification School Social Work Services
14 DAC 1582
Amends regulations relating to requirements for a standard certificate. Changes made to comply with statutory changes regarding the licensur...
| More... |
Students |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
14 DAC 1025, 1049 -- 1056
Amends, repeals and replaces, and updates regulations pertaining to the following: Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA); DIAA Definit...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Certification Trade And Industrial (T & I) Teacher
14 DAC 1559
Amends rules to comply with statutory changes regarding licensure and certification of educators. Defines terms and clarifies the requiremen...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Teacher Standard Certificate
14 DAC 1516
Amends regulation concerning the requirements for certification of educational personnel. Reflects the upcoming establishment of PRAXIS II s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Standard Certificate Primary Teacher
14 DAC 1556
Amends rules that apply to the requirements for a standard certificate for an elementary teacher. Renames title and changes the grade span o...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Student Assessment Program
H.B. 304
Changes the grades where mandatory State testing is required from grades K-10 to grades 2-10. School districts will have the responsibility ...
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Assessment |
Issued 04/2004 |
P-12 | Creating Review Panels For School Assessments And Performance Standards
Executive Order #54
1. The Delaware Department of Education shall convene a panel of three national experts in the areas of assessment, accountability, and/or s...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Public Education Classroom Instruction Fund
S.B. 231
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the Federal Fiscal Relief Fund to the State's school districts and charter schools for the purchase of instruct...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Education Programs
H.J.R. 19
Extends a reporting date for the Task Force examining early childhood education programs as established by House Joint Resolution No. 9, as ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 04/2004 |
P-12 | Certification of Certain Teaching Positions
14 DAC 342, 364, 365, 373, 374, and 383
Repeals the following teacher certification categories, due to unnecessary requirements for licensure and certification; endorsement trade a...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 04/2004 |
P-12 | Issuance and Renewal of Continuing License
14 DAC 1511
Amends rule to clarify some of the requirements for options for renewal of a continuing license and sets forth requirements for professional...
| More... |
High School |
Rule Adoption 03/2004 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements and Diplomas
14 DAC 505
Amends rules regarding credit requirements for High School Graduation, diplomas and certificate of performance, options for awarding credit ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 02/2004 |
P-12 | Issuance of Initial License for Educators
14 DAC 1510
Establishes rules amending regulation 1510 Issuance of Initial License. Applies to the issuance of an initial license as established by 14 D...
| More... |
Student Achievement |
Rule Adoption 01/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Michael C. Ferguson Achievement Awards Scholarship
14 DAC 245
Establishes rules clarifying the issue of scholarship eligibility for students repeating the eighth grade. http://www.state.de.us/research/A...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 01/2004 |
P-12 | Certification
14 DAC 1516
Establishes rules concerning the requirements for certification of educational personnel. Addresses ways in which educators may acquire the ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Rule Adoption 01/2004 |
P-12 | Professional Growth Salary Increments
14 DAC 1507
Provides procedures for implementation of movement by educators on the salary schedule set forth in 14 Del.C., Section 1305. Addresses movem...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 01/2004 |
P-12 | Paraeducator Qualifications & Permits
14 DAC 1584
Establishes rules complying with changes in federal statute, particularly No Child Left Behind and its requirements for Title I paraeducator...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Rule Adoption 01/2004 |
P-12 | Recruiting &Training of Professional Educators in Critical Curricular Areas
14 DAC 220; Sections 1.0 thru 8.0
Establishes rules amending regulation 240 Recruiting and Training of Professional Educators for Critical Curricular Areas. Reflects changes ...
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Promotion/Retention |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 | Promotion
14 DAC 230
Establishes rules requiring that local school districts have promotion policies in place for grades K through grade 12. Incorporates the pro...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 | Issuance and Renewal of an Advanced License
14 DAC 1512
Specifies rules concerning the requirements for the issuance and renewal of an advanced license. Clarifies the requirements for teachers who...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Rule Adoption 11/2003 |
P-12 | Possession/Use or Distribution of Drugs and Alcohol
14 DAC 612
Establishes rules removing the reference to an unauthorized beeper or communication devise from 1.3 and 3.10 as it relates to searching a st...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 11/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
14 DAC 321 thru 1542 (non-seq)
Establishes rules concerning the requirements for standard certificates for educational personnel. Amends existing requirements for standard...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Definitions of Public School and Private School
14 DAC 255
Amends regulation 255, Definitions of Public School and Private School, reflecting changes made to the Delaware Code Title 14 Section 2703A,...
| More... |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Education of Homeless Children and Youth
14 DAC 901
Amends regulation 901, Education of Homeless Children and Youth, to be consistent with the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Educati...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Certification School Nurse
14 DAC 1580
Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Standard Teacher Certificate
14 DAC 1516
Amends regulation 1516, Standard Certificate. Concerns the requirements for certification of educational personnel. http://www.state.de.us/r...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Issuance of Initial License
14 DAC 1510
Amends regulation 1510, Issuance of Initial License. Applies to the issuance of an initial license as established by 14 Del. C. § 1210. Clar...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Revocation of Licenses
14 DAC 1514
Amends regulation 1514, Revocation of Licenses. Includes educators who hold initial license, continuing license and/or advanced license; lim...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Certification Library/Media Specialist
14 DAC 1547
Amending regulation 347 and moves it to Section 1547, Certification Librarian/Media Specialist. Complies with changes in statute regarding t...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Adopted 09/2003 |
P-12 | Releasing Students to Caregivers
14 DAC 881
Amends Regulation 881 "Releasing Students to Persons Other Than Their Parents or Legal Guardians" to add the category of "relative caregiver...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Issued 08/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Delaware P-20 Council
Executive Order 47
Establishes the Delaware P-20 Council. Identifies council membership. States that the goals of the council are to use data to:
a. Explore...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Rule Adoption 08/2003 |
P-12 | Gun Free School Act
14 DAC 603
Regulation 878 School District Compliance with the Gun Free School Act replaced with Regulation 603. Requires school districts to have a Gun...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
S.B. 105
Relates to students with traumatic brain injury (TBI); creates a distinct student disability classification of traumatic brain injury for st...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Summer School
S.B. 141
Allows the use of indicators other than assessments prior to mandatory summer school; permits other indicators to be used to determine if a ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Truancy
H.B. 186
Relates to truancy; permits local school districts and charter schools to define what constitutes a valid excuse from attending school and t...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Charter School Teacher Scholarships
S.B. 92
Clarifies that teachers teaching full time at a charter school are eligible for the critical need scholarships; clarifies that the eligibili...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Non Public School Teachers
S.B. 162
Allows teachers, specialists and administrators employed by non-public schools in the state to voluntarily become licensed and certified; es...
| More... |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Gun-Free Schools Act
S.B. 158
Relates to possession of a firearm or deadly weapon in a safe school and recreation zone. The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Education Profiles/Schools/Districts and the State
14 DAC 104
Establishes rules due to changes in state and federal statutes concerning school, district and state accountability for student performance;...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Accountability for Academic Performance
14 DAC 101, 103
Amended regulation to conform to state and federal statutes that address school, district and state accountability for student performance; ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Homeschool and Attendance Requirements
S.B. 103
This legislation is in response to the report by the Homeschool Committee as created by SJR 9. This legislation defines the types of homesc...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Professional Incentive Programs
S.B. 68
Relates to the Christa McAuliffe Scholarship Program for loan forgiveness to encourage academically talented residents to pursue teaching ca...
| More... |
Health |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Health Record Keeping Requirements/Screening
14 DAC 811, 815, 817
Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medication...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Lead Poisoning
S.B. 74
Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screen...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Education Programs
H.J.R. 9
Creates a task force to examine early childhood education programs; develops a plan for implementation of universal pre-kindergarten and ful...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Loans
H.B. 171
Relates to student loans; allows a student loan to be forgiven by the Secretary of Education if the person has a total and permanent disabil...
| More... |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Unsafe School Choice Option
14 DAC 608
Establishes rules requiring that a State Education Agency establish a State Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO) policy in order to receive fu...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Education Records
S.B. 57
Relates to the disclosure of and access to education records; updates the protections afforded to parents and students concerning a student'...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Professional Teaching Standards/Department of Education
14 DAC 393, 1593
Establishes rules aligning the Delaware Professional Teaching Standards with the Model Standards for Licensing General and Special Education...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher's Credit for Pension Plan
H.B. 110
Provides a credited service option for teachers formerly employed in the "Jobs for Delaware Graduates" program.
http://www.legis.state.de.us...
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Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining Agreements and Schools
H.B. 1
Requires that collective bargaining agreements between public school employers and employees include binding arbitration provisions; limits ...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Education Profile Reports
S.B. 76
Requires the State Department of Education to issue Delaware Public Education Profiles for all public schools, including charter schools and...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Drivers Education Training
H.B. 25
Enables state colleges, universities, high schools and those contracted by the Department of Education to conduct driver education classes w...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Use and Justification of Corporal Punishment
S.B. 15
Limits the use and justification of corporal punishment by public teachers, administrators and school employees. http://www.legis.state.de.u...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Professional Standards Board
H.B. 88
Relates to the professional standards board, its composition and governance, and educator evaluations. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislat...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Educator Licensure and Certification
H.B. 68
Relates to education and licensure certification; expands the definition of student teaching experience for initial license to include teach...
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Career/Technical Education |
Rule Adoption 01/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Vocational-Technical Education Programs
14 DAC 122 (d)
Combines rules relating to requirements for vocational and technical education programs, cooperative education and diversified occupations p...
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School Safety |
Rule Adoption 11/2002 |
P-12 | School/Police Relations
14 DAC 601
Amends regulation regarding school and police relations. Includes charter schools and alternative schools in the requirements of the regulat...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 08/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services Application
N/A
Supplemental Education Services application; closing date: (August 30, 2002: http://www.doe.state.de.us/SchoolImprovement/) Look under "Tech...
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High School |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association
H.B. 475
Creates a Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to implement rules and regulations governing interscholastic sports in secondary and...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Truancy Prevention
S.B. 404
This Act requires the building principal to notify a visiting teacher when a student in grades 6 through 12 has ten or more unexcused days ...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Truancy Charges Against Parents and Students
H.B. 380
Permits civil charges to be brought against a student at the same time that criminal charges are brought against the parent, if the student ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Teacher Leave to Teach at Charter School
S.B. 298
Reduces the leave of absence to one year for any teacher leaving a public school to teach at a charter school. http://www.legis.state.de.us/...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Coordination Between Charters and Local Districts
S.B. 291
Improves coordination between local public districts and the entering charter school. It requires that: (1) a certificate of occupancy must ...
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/12/02): (http://www.doe.state.de.us/ConsPlanNCLB2001.pdf)...
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P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Child Care
S.B. 233
This Act requires day care centers operating part of the day with 13 or more children to be licensed by Child Care Licensing. Currently only...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Safe Routes to Schools Program
S.B. 353
Requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a "Safe Routes to School" program; requires the Department to make gra...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Special Education Services for Inmates Ages 18-21
S.B. 391
Requires the Department of Education to continue to provide funding for a portion of the education costs associated with prison inmates aged...
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Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Below the Standard Score and Individual Improvement Plan for Promotion
S.B. 322
Before enactment of this legislation, this subparagraph banned any 3rd-, 5th- or 8th-grader scoring Well Below the Standard on the state rea...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Quorums of Meetings
H.B. 218
Relates to school boards of reorganized school districts; requires quorums for a meeting to be a majority of the board members. http://www.l...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Autistic Monitoring Review Board
H.B. 234
Requires the Autistic Monitoring Review Board to review at least annually the education of and provision of related services to students wit...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Community Notification of Sex Offenders
H.B. 458
Requires a sex offender who is also a student attending school to notify the principal that the student is on the sex offender registry; req...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec. | Improving the Administration of Financial Assistance for Higher Ed.
H.B. 246
This bill streamlines the process to help the Higher Education Commission effectively administer the states financial aid programs....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Reporting Crimes on Students
H.B. 209
Relate to the reporting of crimes on school property by school officials. This would require a school official to report and investigate a ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Fire safety education
H.B. 57
Relates to the Department of Education; mandates fire safety education as part of the public school curriculum....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Notification of sex offenders
H.B. 247
Relates to community notification of sex offenders; provides that a school community notification must be posted in a prominent school locat...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Adjusting the Rules for School Bus Drivers
S.B. 170
From the legislation:
Currently, in order to get a school bus endorsement, drivers can not have been convicted of a felony within the past ...
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Special Education--Transition |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Vocational habilitative and social skill development for Special Ed. Students.
S.B. 144
Relates to persons with mental retardation or other specific developmental disabilities; provides for centers for vocational habilitative an...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | School Accountability Program
H.B. 220
Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Changes in the States Assessment System
S.B. 106
This piece of legislation makes adjustments in the states High Stakes assessment system. These changes include looking at measures other th...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Changes in Charter School Legislation
S.B. 168
This Bill clarifies ambiguity in the original charter school legislation. It provides a more appropriate means by which charter approving au...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Creates a committee to research homeschooling
S.J.R. 9
Relates to home schools; creates a committee to research and issue a report regarding issues....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Expanding Teacher Rights to Discipline Students
S.B. 70
This act seeks to deter frivolous lawsuits against teachers who have attempted to enforce discipline and order in the classroom in the manne...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Security of the Delaware Student Testing Program
S.B. 157
This Bill provides for the security of the Delaware Student Testing Program, including the data reporting process, and provides penalties fo...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification Rules
S.B. 176
Relates to implementation of the Professional Standards Board; permits the Professional Standards Board, with the approval of the State Boar...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Permits Educators on a School Field Trip to Assist with Medications
S.B. 68
Relates to administration of medications on school field trips; permits educators on a school field trip to assist with medications such as ...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Code of Conduct for Local School Board Members
H.B. 54
This legislation requires local school board members to now face the same State Code of Conduct that all state employees must live up to....
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Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 | Enhance ESL programs
H.B. 9
Directs the Department of Education to develop, implement and enhance programs for students with limited English proficiency....
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 | State Report on Education Outcomes
S.B. 387
Requires the Secretary of Education to provide a graduate follow up study each year to the Governor and to the General Assembly. Provides th...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 | Character Education
H.J.R. 9
Recognizes Delaware to be a State of Character; urges the citizens and community leaders of Delaware to promote character in schools, busine...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 | Creates a Library Fund
S.B. 429
Establishes a Public Education School Library Fund....
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 | Health Screening
S.B. 405
Delays the mandatory requirement that all kindergarten enrollees have a documented screening for lead poisoning for admission or continued e...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
Postsec. | State Scholarship Program
H.B. 545
Relates to financial assistance for higher education; creates an annual legislative essay scholarship fund that will fund a nonrenewable sch...
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Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Approval of Private Trade/Business Schools
S.B. 406
Amends a Section of law by confirming the corporations which may conduct private business or trade schools only with the approval of the Dep...
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Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 07/2000 |
P-12 | Technology Grant Program
S.B. 412
Establishes a technology block grant to be administered by the Delaware Center for Educational Technology and the Department of Education; r...
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Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Increased Penalties for Truancy
H.B. 213
Increases the penalties for a violation of compulsory school attendance requirements by parents; gives jurisdiction over parental violations...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Charter School Admission
S.B. 301
Allows the children of charter school employees who are permanent and work at least 30.00 hours per week during the school year to be given ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Charter School Admissions
S.B. 308
Allows a charter school to give preference to children of the founders of the charter school so long as they constitute no more than 5% of t...
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Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Drivers Education Issues
H.B. 489
Recognizes the responsibility and authority of the court appointed custodian and allows them to determine if the minor is capable of operati...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | State Payments for Vocational Education
S.B. 385
Requires that a certain percentage of the Occupational-Vocational Division II - All Other Costs funds shall be allocated to the school that ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | School Safety Issues - Bomb Threats
H.B. 512
Adds the Delaware State University Police Department to those covered under Delaware Law as an organized police department with the individu...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | School Safety - Bomb Threats
H.B. 526
Requires school districts to notify students and their parents or custodians of the provisions of the Delaware Code which prohibit falsely r...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety
H.B. 442
Requires that a flashing white strobe light be placed on the roof of every school bus to enhance the conspicuous of school busses in dayligh...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act
S.B. 260
Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation w...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Professional Development/Evaluation Pilot
S.B. 343
Allows 1 local school district the ability to pilot a professional development and/or evaluation plan....
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Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Testing Program Logistics
H.J.R. 20
Requires the Department of Education to make a report on the logistics of the Delaware Student Testing Program and to provide a plan regardi...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Neighborhood School Plans
H.B. 300
Requires the Brandywine, Colonial, Christina, and Red Clay Consolidated School Districts to develop and implement Neighborhood School Plans ...
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